vålla

See also: valla, Valla, vallá, and válla

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish valda, from Old Norse valda, from Proto-Germanic *waldaną.

Verb

vålla (present vållar, preterite vållade, supine vållat, imperative vålla)

1. (now rare except in law) to cause; be the cause of (something undesirable)

   Han dömdes till vållande till annans död.

   He was convicted of involuntary manslaughter.

Conjugation

Conjugation of vålla (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	vålla		vållas
supine	vållat		vållats
imperative	vålla		—
imper. plural1	vållen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	vållar	vållade	vållas	vållades
ind. plural1	vålla	vållade	vållas	vållades
subjunctive2	vålle	vållade	vålles	vållades
present participle		vållande
past participle		vållad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Further reading

• vålla in Svensk ordbok.